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this is true as much in the recent past as it is of colonial america or 12th century venice. writing about the recent past is not easy as it is this time around. first there are people you have to talk to. and while i was blessed from beginning to end by having some fascinating people to talk to about joe kennedy including large numbers of committees, i much prefer working from written documents to listening to people talk and try to figure out what's real, what's imagined, what they know, what they think they know because someone told them what they think they know they don't know at all. the difficulty is that it is not always easy to establish to construct the path that is so close to us and yet this is what historians have to do. our job is to complicate to take apart our common sense to interrogate what we think we know to demystify, demythologize, move beyond the cliche about winners and losers, saints and sinners, about the wisdom and courage of the forefathers especially those of the greatest generation. our job as historians is totally different story, the grounded b
this is true as much in the recent past as it is of colonial america or 12th century venice. writing about the recent past is not easy as it is this time around. first there are people you have to talk to. and while i was blessed from beginning to end by having some fascinating people to talk to about joe kennedy including large numbers of committees, i much prefer working from written documents to listening to people talk and try to figure out what's real, what's imagined, what they know, what...
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this is true as much of the recent past as it is of colonial america. writing about the recent past is not easy to tailor this time around. first, there were people got to talk to. i was blessed from beginning to end by having fascinating views. i much prefer working for but documents than listening to people, tried to figure out what's real, what's imagined, what they know, what they think they know because someone told them what they think they know, but they don't know at all. the other difficult thing about writing about more recent past is it's not always easy to establish one's distance from it, to construct a pass that is so close to them. and yet, this is what historians have to do. our job is to complicate, to take apart our commonsense view of the recent past, to interrogate what we think we know, to demystify cavity mythologize, move beyond clichÉs about winners and losers, saints and sinners, about the wisdom and courage of our forefathers, especially those of the greatest generation. our job as historian, when grounded, delays of joseph p.
this is true as much of the recent past as it is of colonial america. writing about the recent past is not easy to tailor this time around. first, there were people got to talk to. i was blessed from beginning to end by having fascinating views. i much prefer working for but documents than listening to people, tried to figure out what's real, what's imagined, what they know, what they think they know because someone told them what they think they know, but they don't know at all. the other...
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in both europe and america -- with eugenics. in america a group was led by such people as margaret sanger, whose journal, the birth control review, endorsed her friends book, quote, the title is the rising tide of color, against white world supremacy. her into this negro project use black ministers, including adam clayton powell to promote birth control. but the effort in england, germany and the united states to melt public health and eugenics rampart deeper. rather, they found their way into international and state policy with support from groups such as the national committee for mental hygiene, urging sterilization as a newcomer to quote prevent this class of persons from propagating, unquote. germany use venereal disease law to enlist doctors, greatly extending the power of the state into the private sphere kind producing a union with a medical profession that would be preferred rather easily in the third reich. in germany, one expert observe quote the more scientific a doctor's outlook was, the more politically naÏve he w
in both europe and america -- with eugenics. in america a group was led by such people as margaret sanger, whose journal, the birth control review, endorsed her friends book, quote, the title is the rising tide of color, against white world supremacy. her into this negro project use black ministers, including adam clayton powell to promote birth control. but the effort in england, germany and the united states to melt public health and eugenics rampart deeper. rather, they found their way into...
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the other aspect is america is not so inhumane that in the end when the need is desperate they do get into a hospital, but the cost gets shifted in the complicated accounting to somebody else. selling fact one of the reasons we have such an inefficient health care system is we don't provide care to large fraction of the population. >> the amazing thing, getting to it sort of universal health care system, despite the absence of a public option and the compromise made it is not a big budget. they were able to pay for it with relatively modest savings and the little bit of extra taxation and on balance the congressional budget office says the health reform bill is actually going to reduce the budget deficit and it is not going to lead to huge burdens on the public. that they die, it is very much at stake. if obama is reelected, america joined the community of civilized nations that provide some form of health insurance to all their citizens. if he loses it gets killed. >> we are out of tune to the rest of the industrial countries. nicolas sarkozy in france came to columbia and gave a tal
the other aspect is america is not so inhumane that in the end when the need is desperate they do get into a hospital, but the cost gets shifted in the complicated accounting to somebody else. selling fact one of the reasons we have such an inefficient health care system is we don't provide care to large fraction of the population. >> the amazing thing, getting to it sort of universal health care system, despite the absence of a public option and the compromise made it is not a big...
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which organized and arranged 20th century america. joseph kennedy was a invalid type figure. he was everywhere. he was born in 1888. he lived through world war i. the 120s. he lived in hollywood at the moment of transition from silent films to talking films. he was on wall street during the boom and bust. he worked as part of the franklin roosevelt campaign team. he was the first chairman of securities and exchange commission and the maritime commission and the first irish-american to be ambassador for the court of st. james to great britain. he was also the father of the president and attorney general. a senator and the woman who did more for the mentally disabled in this country and this world than anyone else. a woman who will be as well known as her brothers, i think. the youngest to, the ambassador to ireland, jean kennedy smith, who was essential enraging piece. and senator edward kennedy, the longest-serving senator at his death in the united states senate. the story of joseph kennedy is the story of the man who spent his life moving back and forth from outsider to ins
which organized and arranged 20th century america. joseph kennedy was a invalid type figure. he was everywhere. he was born in 1888. he lived through world war i. the 120s. he lived in hollywood at the moment of transition from silent films to talking films. he was on wall street during the boom and bust. he worked as part of the franklin roosevelt campaign team. he was the first chairman of securities and exchange commission and the maritime commission and the first irish-american to be...
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his new book, "the littlest america." mr. chandrasekaran, when you talk about little america, what are you talking about? >> guest: i'm talking about this remarkable community that the americans built in the deserts of southern afghanistan. not in the last couple years, but six decades ago. back when, unknown to most of our countrymen, there were dozens and dozens of american engineers there. this was back in the '40s and '50s digging irrigation canals, helping to nation build in afghanistan. and the very same terrain that president obama's troop surge unfolded in over the past couple of years. in in my history of obama's surge, i actually start back in the 1940s and this remarkable period of american assistance to afghanistan, a period of great optimism when we built this town there that the afghans started to call little america complete with a co-ed high school swimming pool where boys and girls would swim together, a clubhouse where you could get a gin and tonic. it was a period of great promise for the americans and afgh
his new book, "the littlest america." mr. chandrasekaran, when you talk about little america, what are you talking about? >> guest: i'm talking about this remarkable community that the americans built in the deserts of southern afghanistan. not in the last couple years, but six decades ago. back when, unknown to most of our countrymen, there were dozens and dozens of american engineers there. this was back in the '40s and '50s digging irrigation canals, helping to nation build...
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and now we see we in america are at the outword end of sir john gloves' 250 years, and we see the signs. we have passed through the ages of outburst, conquest, commerce, affluence, intellect, and we've come to the age of decadence. this in all empires, he writes can be identified by defensiveness, pessimism, materialism, frivolity, the welfare state, the dissolution of the armed forces, the weakening of religion and the attempt to curry favor in the world. but he also wrote a companion essay called the search or for survival in which he writes that every one of us contribute to the recovery of our country by working harder, by fostering a sense of comradeship and good work and that only a revival of spiritual devotion, not fashionableisms, can inspire service and even of us -- each of us can contribute by speaking and writing in that sense. if we have no reeders, we must go it alone. in the chicago public schools, we regularly read the lay of the last minstrel hoi ray shus of the bridge, and perhaps it is not quite the time to ask how can men die better or than by fiercing -- [inaudible
and now we see we in america are at the outword end of sir john gloves' 250 years, and we see the signs. we have passed through the ages of outburst, conquest, commerce, affluence, intellect, and we've come to the age of decadence. this in all empires, he writes can be identified by defensiveness, pessimism, materialism, frivolity, the welfare state, the dissolution of the armed forces, the weakening of religion and the attempt to curry favor in the world. but he also wrote a companion essay...
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merchants forced parliament to repeal the townsend act to restore trade with america. unfortunately, parliament acted too slowly to avoid the famed boston massacre. the presence of troops in boston streets had the population that unruly elements turned the red coat soldiers into targets, first of insults, then snowballs, then stones, and other missiles. a troop of red coats retaliated and fired rifles into a threatening mob one night, killing five civilians, all of them who turned out to be sam adams' thugs from the water front. nonetheless, it threatened to become a city wide riot, and to prevent a real civil war there, governor thomas hutchenson immediately ordered the officer and the soldiers involved in the incident jailed and brought to trial for murder. defending them were none other than the respected american lawyers, joe -- josiah and quincy. they were not tories, but local farmers. they voted unanimously to acquit the officer and four of the soldiers. they found the other two soldiers guilty of justifiable manslaughter, a little more than a misdemeanor. just
merchants forced parliament to repeal the townsend act to restore trade with america. unfortunately, parliament acted too slowly to avoid the famed boston massacre. the presence of troops in boston streets had the population that unruly elements turned the red coat soldiers into targets, first of insults, then snowballs, then stones, and other missiles. a troop of red coats retaliated and fired rifles into a threatening mob one night, killing five civilians, all of them who turned out to be sam...
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and the big business, the corporations, the 1% and the rich, the jews, america. this enemy is necessary not because the troubled or hateful but because their weekend. they've become weak through the constant and tolerable expenditure of energy of the improvisation of a culture if. the house guest that was previously the left is quite literally the pledge allegiance to obama in the may encounter a rational change either from himself or from another which is insurmountable in the state they must feel the priceless appearance can enliven his resolve calling upon of his exhausted believe but upon his an exhausted courage. i would suggest we let this we imagine himself as at the bridge but it is universally read in the use is no longer of cultural currency and which of the songs of my you free man casing at columbia at the ocean, captain my captains from star spangled banner, the lord's prayer, the cottage, the communion, the mass, the deacons, the bible, the declaration of independence from the gettysburg address. those various productions of poetry, universally led
and the big business, the corporations, the 1% and the rich, the jews, america. this enemy is necessary not because the troubled or hateful but because their weekend. they've become weak through the constant and tolerable expenditure of energy of the improvisation of a culture if. the house guest that was previously the left is quite literally the pledge allegiance to obama in the may encounter a rational change either from himself or from another which is insurmountable in the state they must...
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glenn beck howard, america would be a racial motto, drift and and coulter, mugged. did either of you pick up any of these books? there was the best seller for a couple weeks, don't they? >> guest: yeah, they do. i'm looking specifically at the and coulter book. she spoke untruths which publishers upon point because anytime you put a book with her name and her face on the cover, it would have a karen t. fail well into six figures. what time the sale strike has been dropping, dropping, dropping it seems as if she's had to come up our rhetoric and argumentative streak to sell fewer and fewer copies. so it will be interesting to see what she does for her next book and how far she's willing to go to make a buck and sell a book to speak. >> host: ipaq drift by rachel mandel went beyond the usual pundit book. it's questioning american military power and a lot of it is not written from a liberal date. she is an unabashed liberal, but she's on tv. i think she has a phd in something, like lyrical science or some thing. i think charles murray would not want to be called a pund
glenn beck howard, america would be a racial motto, drift and and coulter, mugged. did either of you pick up any of these books? there was the best seller for a couple weeks, don't they? >> guest: yeah, they do. i'm looking specifically at the and coulter book. she spoke untruths which publishers upon point because anytime you put a book with her name and her face on the cover, it would have a karen t. fail well into six figures. what time the sale strike has been dropping, dropping,...
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it is a crucial moment in his career and an important crucial moment in america's history. the big themes that you see in the speech and the broader story working through the election are kind of i think of four that i will be focusing on. i will be brief on each of them to give enough time for questions. first off, the obvious background of the cold war and a new style of conservative vision of foreign policy that i will explain. directly related to that, there is an enormous divide within the republican party in 1952. that shouldn't surprise any of us obviously. this is always a very divided party the tensions within the republican party that the speech and election point to are important. the third thing that i think is perhaps most important is the american tradition of populism for and what richard nixon is doing to the populist tradition in this speech and for what the election and the fourth and final thing is the style of politics nixon developed. the subtitle of the book is about the rocking, socking the election of 1952 and that is nixon's conception of politics,
it is a crucial moment in his career and an important crucial moment in america's history. the big themes that you see in the speech and the broader story working through the election are kind of i think of four that i will be focusing on. i will be brief on each of them to give enough time for questions. first off, the obvious background of the cold war and a new style of conservative vision of foreign policy that i will explain. directly related to that, there is an enormous divide within the...
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that is not the america i can think of. i am hoping -- overly long answer -- to bring more attention to these problems. right now congress will be debating cuts in the health program and in this time of austerity weekend be dumb and cut things that provide long-term benefits that our investments in us in our society. federally as well as our actions. >> you are speaking in your forward about actions -- we talk in this book about small actions people take that can help homeless young people. can you talk about how that works in the city? >> i have had lots of conversations with people who were in tough times, famous people like tyler perry who was homeless and living in a car, to people i know throughout my community who have dealt with brutal hatred because they came out of the closet at a young age. all these stories is amazing to me that all these people, stories about how young person, one small act of kindness was a differencemaker for the amended gives me chills to think we all have that power. the biggest thing we do
that is not the america i can think of. i am hoping -- overly long answer -- to bring more attention to these problems. right now congress will be debating cuts in the health program and in this time of austerity weekend be dumb and cut things that provide long-term benefits that our investments in us in our society. federally as well as our actions. >> you are speaking in your forward about actions -- we talk in this book about small actions people take that can help homeless young...
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and success of america. they did that -- what drove jefferson in this case was this fear that the revolution would be swallowed up as every other revolution virtually in the world had been by the forces of reaction. i argue in the book that it's impossible, i think, to understand early american history without seeing the period between the end of the french and indian war in 1763 and the end of the war in 1812 and 1815 as a 50-year war with britain. sometimes hot, sometimes cold but always there. imprecise analogy, but it would be writing about washington, adams, jefferson, madison, hamilton without reference to this enduring struggle i think would be like writing about truman, kennedy, nixon, ford, carter, reagan and not mentioning the soviet union. the foreign policy was that significant, and its domestic ramifications were that significant. jefferson was terrified that the british were coming back. the good thing about this argument is they did, so you win. you win the argument. the war of 1812 happened.
and success of america. they did that -- what drove jefferson in this case was this fear that the revolution would be swallowed up as every other revolution virtually in the world had been by the forces of reaction. i argue in the book that it's impossible, i think, to understand early american history without seeing the period between the end of the french and indian war in 1763 and the end of the war in 1812 and 1815 as a 50-year war with britain. sometimes hot, sometimes cold but always...
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and that's not the america that i think of. and so i'm really hoping this week just to finish the answer, the overly-long answer is to, um, really bring more attention to these problems. and right now, this session, congress is going to be debating cuts in the s.n.a.p. program. and in this time of austerity, we can't be dumb and cut things that ultimately provide long-term benefits that are really not -- entitlements, they're really investments in us and our society, and we should begin to prioritize these things federally as well as our actions locally. >> mayor, you were speaking in your forward about the small actions that people took to help your father. we talk in the book quite a bit about the small actions that people take that can help homeless young people. can you talk a little bit about how that works in a city? >> yeah. well, first of all, i've had lots of conversations with people who, quote-unquote, have made it, and when they were in tough times from famous people like tyler perry who was homeless, living in a ca
and that's not the america that i think of. and so i'm really hoping this week just to finish the answer, the overly-long answer is to, um, really bring more attention to these problems. and right now, this session, congress is going to be debating cuts in the s.n.a.p. program. and in this time of austerity, we can't be dumb and cut things that ultimately provide long-term benefits that are really not -- entitlements, they're really investments in us and our society, and we should begin to...
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backache done and the today show we won the best cake in america would differ destination wedding and then the next picture here in the movie for the proposal when this sandra. >>host: there are very limited gain if you what wine you need to call on the phone now. >>guest: 6 c13 1? >>host: go. >>guest: and a trim off one piece and i will cut another piece. >>host: i am dying to try apiece sonogram plate. i am i am grabbing a i have been doing this business for 16 years and when i grab a piece of cake stol enjoy it and go for it. the cake. eating is like a bunch phyllite and the mocha buttercream c13 perfect it is a nice combination with chocolate. >>host: and then see outer layer the outer layer is basically used for decoration. you can also see the hand stitch it is all hand done with the stitching and some news for us to get a little impressions or offset knife seat you get that impression of a quilted locked. >>host: and also the handbag really does. but to the presence here they're absolutely beautiful i love the ribbons and a review do. >>guest: this is done with the quilted fun
backache done and the today show we won the best cake in america would differ destination wedding and then the next picture here in the movie for the proposal when this sandra. >>host: there are very limited gain if you what wine you need to call on the phone now. >>guest: 6 c13 1? >>host: go. >>guest: and a trim off one piece and i will cut another piece. >>host: i am dying to try apiece sonogram plate. i am i am grabbing a i have been doing this business for 16...
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is an incredible and in some ways incredible american immigrant story that he comes to america, this is his dream, to become a movie star and he becomes a movie star and then he becomes governor of california. meanwhile the affair with the house speaker which is five pages in the book, he deals with it, doesn't say much, says he made a mistake, regrets it, does this sort of thing people say in those situations and i got an interview with him on the phone friday before the book came out. he already agreed to be on 60 minutes and they have a lot more time and midway through the interview, he said i cannot do arnold well. i don't like the way this interview is going. it is not about his accomplishments. if you like arnold schwarzenegger is all there. it made the best-seller list and went away. >> political pundits. always we get political pundit books every year including charles murray's coming apart, the state of white america, glen beck's power, marc levin, rachel matthau, drift and end coulter's mug. did you pick of these books? they always make a best seller list for a couple weeks
is an incredible and in some ways incredible american immigrant story that he comes to america, this is his dream, to become a movie star and he becomes a movie star and then he becomes governor of california. meanwhile the affair with the house speaker which is five pages in the book, he deals with it, doesn't say much, says he made a mistake, regrets it, does this sort of thing people say in those situations and i got an interview with him on the phone friday before the book came out. he...
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slavery was legal in all of the british colonies and all of north america at the end of the 18th-century, and gradually northern states, northeast and mid-atlantic states abolished slavery but i realized this was a gradual process that took a long time. that what we discovered as there was leaves a new jersey in the 1860's, and most of the states that abolished slavery between c-17 80 and 1804 which is the period that we customarily look at had to do it again leader in the 19th century because there was so much ambiguity as to what the road from slavery to freedom was. so, thinking about that, i tried to then step back and say if this is the case what does this mean for how we should understand emancipation in the united states and the notion of sectionalism between freedom and slavery that organizes our understanding of american political history. so i've been arguing one of the essays in the look that slavery is national, and the communities of run away slaves should be understood by what we call marroons and people of dissent and what we call the northern states and the slaves and the
slavery was legal in all of the british colonies and all of north america at the end of the 18th-century, and gradually northern states, northeast and mid-atlantic states abolished slavery but i realized this was a gradual process that took a long time. that what we discovered as there was leaves a new jersey in the 1860's, and most of the states that abolished slavery between c-17 80 and 1804 which is the period that we customarily look at had to do it again leader in the 19th century because...
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america's cities are running, essentially, a soviet-style urban transit policy. they used to have grocery stores that would give away eggs and butter at far below market prices, the result was you couldn't get the goods. that's what we do with our city streets. they're a valuable commodity, and as a result, they're the urban equivalent of long lines which are traffic jams. there's no path other than actually making people pay for the cost of their actions. now, we already, of course, pay plenty, and one of the enduring challenges of cities is how to make them affordable. i know of no way to solve this other than building, other than providing more supply for, indeed, there's no repealing the laws of supply and demand. this is actually where jane jacobs got it wrong, because she looked at old buildings and new billion dollarings and notes that old buildings were cheap which led her to conclude that you made sure nobody built any new buildings on top of old buildings. now, that isn't how supply and demand works. you don't neat to look any further than her own distr
america's cities are running, essentially, a soviet-style urban transit policy. they used to have grocery stores that would give away eggs and butter at far below market prices, the result was you couldn't get the goods. that's what we do with our city streets. they're a valuable commodity, and as a result, they're the urban equivalent of long lines which are traffic jams. there's no path other than actually making people pay for the cost of their actions. now, we already, of course, pay...
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it has been a disaster for america. most of all for black people, and to the point of it is to say don't fall for white guilt again, america. the last time you fell for it was in 2008, and look what that produced. so don't fall for it again but don't make the same mistake again. and also i think it's a fun book to read. most of it will be stored you have never read before. thank you and i will sign your books now. [applause] >> is this yours? >> know, that's a mine. >> thanks. thank you. are you leaving? >> i have to. spent it's your fault we didn't get to mingle. >> i know. i'm sorry. >> i got to come back to d.c. that's all i'm getting from you? >> you already got enough from me. spent i was just telling my friend how i tell all the whippersnappers, you hang on islands everywhere. you was the one and you just don't even care about that. you don't even care. and also, we always agree. like when we ran off -- i know. my whole support for christie was like running off with a biker. i'm back to romney. you write about tha
it has been a disaster for america. most of all for black people, and to the point of it is to say don't fall for white guilt again, america. the last time you fell for it was in 2008, and look what that produced. so don't fall for it again but don't make the same mistake again. and also i think it's a fun book to read. most of it will be stored you have never read before. thank you and i will sign your books now. [applause] >> is this yours? >> know, that's a mine. >> thanks....
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u-boats in the war or america's sea would become america's cage, cutting off all commerce between the united states and europe. the president ordered them built in 1940 but the navy decided that was probably not a good idea, so they convinced the president that the scarce resources that were available at that time would be better spent on destroyers. i think, if you look at the record you will see that probably was a good idea. the destroyer escort is sort of a novel type of vessel. is smaller than a destroyer, around 300 feet and it had a shorter turning radius so that it could essentially turn on a dime compared to a destroyer. so what they did is they escorted the convoys across the atlantic and the convoys consisted of troop ships and supplied ships for the war effort but if they made contact with the u-boat they could break off in the naked turso's -- ers to that u-boat. when you look at the record, 70 u-boats, they probably were without question the most successful anti-submarine festival on the fleet. this ship is the uss later. it was built in the tampa shipyard for 563 to des
u-boats in the war or america's sea would become america's cage, cutting off all commerce between the united states and europe. the president ordered them built in 1940 but the navy decided that was probably not a good idea, so they convinced the president that the scarce resources that were available at that time would be better spent on destroyers. i think, if you look at the record you will see that probably was a good idea. the destroyer escort is sort of a novel type of vessel. is smaller...
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her family was extremely prosperous which was then the most prosperous town in america. it seemed they embodied american values. they were rich, upstanding citizens her father supported abraham lincoln. they were spiritual and were quakers within new england values of thrift to the point* of stinginess with her father and simplicity and plain living. to the quakers wealth was a sign of virtue and god's blessing so they were very blessed but her father really wanted a son. the first child was a girl. it was hetty. he became enraged and was furious. so much that her mother took to her bet. before she was two years old she was sent to live with her grandfather and her spinster aunt. she really wanted her father's love and do the only way to gain it was to earn it. because her father was an obsessed with money and he said so himself. her grandfather taught her to read the newspapers and the stock and bond places when she was a little girl. at the age of eight she opened her own account at a savings bank in town then sent off to the quaker boarding school taught about thrift,
her family was extremely prosperous which was then the most prosperous town in america. it seemed they embodied american values. they were rich, upstanding citizens her father supported abraham lincoln. they were spiritual and were quakers within new england values of thrift to the point* of stinginess with her father and simplicity and plain living. to the quakers wealth was a sign of virtue and god's blessing so they were very blessed but her father really wanted a son. the first child was a...
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these are really serious questions, we have locked up in every library in america, books that are not being sold that a lot of people would like to have access to if it was free and that is what did it is asian provides. to some degree people have to come to grips with it. there's a secondary issue in terms of the visual arts where artists, families for extended periods of time have copyright in effect, powers over great works of art and how long that should last is a powerful question. i will tell you as someone who came from a legislative background that fairly narrow commercial interests dictated a process of a particular period of time. i doubt if the same decisions on extending copyright's through the ages would pass in today's environment. whether it is pared back as a matter for legislators and the one making process to look at, but clearly the copyright itself should be maintained. whether it should be maintained exactly in this framework is an open question. >> access -- >> where do you stand on this? spending money on the book. [talking over each other] >> a lot of books --
these are really serious questions, we have locked up in every library in america, books that are not being sold that a lot of people would like to have access to if it was free and that is what did it is asian provides. to some degree people have to come to grips with it. there's a secondary issue in terms of the visual arts where artists, families for extended periods of time have copyright in effect, powers over great works of art and how long that should last is a powerful question. i will...
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it's this notion of america. a radical welcome openness, bring a tradition, plant the seeds and americans will. let them grow into institutions and into the obligations of welcoming and open to others. so that spirit of welcoming and openness that i think is at the heart of american tradition that i think it's at the heart of islam as well. no one articulates that better or well then rumi. >> so, i need to confess that i get emotional when a talk to people like eboo about the issues that we're going to be addressing tonight. particularly the issue of interfaith relations, and also the issue of the idea of america. right after 9/11, several of us, a lot of us gathered at a mosque here here at usc, and i heard a sentence that changed my life. and it was this, to be religious in the 21st century is to be interreligious. and it is that dedication that draws me to eboo and the way he thinks. so, i'm going to apologize only once for an emotional about this man. if i get choked up your just say, chalk it up to that. but
it's this notion of america. a radical welcome openness, bring a tradition, plant the seeds and americans will. let them grow into institutions and into the obligations of welcoming and open to others. so that spirit of welcoming and openness that i think is at the heart of american tradition that i think it's at the heart of islam as well. no one articulates that better or well then rumi. >> so, i need to confess that i get emotional when a talk to people like eboo about the issues that...
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as we see a lack of independent stores on streets in america. as we see libraries fighting with their communities about and how to find money to go digital to help people. as we find that the arts are the first thing to be cut and scholarship is the first thing to be caught in this culture. i think we need to address what cultural cetaceans can do and how many of us need to actually carry that torch and get out there and find or support for the field of literature and libraries and scholarship. to keep looks alive and well. .. >> that has been helping to match those public dollars so far two's of largest library that was a call to publishers that libraries will invest and will be supported so just coming together is wasn't example that we will survive the digital age. >> there has been price is -- issues. can you tell me how bad is going? >> freeing the of librarians backed several years ago libraries are things that we are your partners. for those who cannot purchase bookstores are having difficulties with 86 authors and talk about the where pe
as we see a lack of independent stores on streets in america. as we see libraries fighting with their communities about and how to find money to go digital to help people. as we find that the arts are the first thing to be cut and scholarship is the first thing to be caught in this culture. i think we need to address what cultural cetaceans can do and how many of us need to actually carry that torch and get out there and find or support for the field of literature and libraries and scholarship....
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what is the america that we're headed towards if we don't correct ourselves? i believe it's still possible to build an attractive future in, say, 2050 for today's children, but it won't be easy, and we haven't got much time to do it. so what does that future look like, how do we get there and what do we do now? these are the questions that i address in the book. and i want to talk about four points that correspond to the four parts of the book. the first is the imperative of system change. if we look at the conditions and trends in our country today, we have to admit it's damn distressing. you know, in the book i review a huge load of problems afflicting our country economically, environmentally, socially, politically and conclude that what we have is a bad case of system failure. and, thus, the imperative of system change. when you have encompassing problems spreading across the entire national landscape, it can't be for small reasons. it's the system, stupid. and we live and work in this system of political economy. america's operating system, if you will, t
what is the america that we're headed towards if we don't correct ourselves? i believe it's still possible to build an attractive future in, say, 2050 for today's children, but it won't be easy, and we haven't got much time to do it. so what does that future look like, how do we get there and what do we do now? these are the questions that i address in the book. and i want to talk about four points that correspond to the four parts of the book. the first is the imperative of system change. if...
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he limped to the window, we think i'm still recovering from the illnesses from south america and kept from the minds and from serving stephenson. he saw the rain had momentarily stopped in the wind had faded away. the lobos a godsend. northeast of san francisco, forfeits of sacramento still lay underwater, permitting a steamer to shuttle up and down streets and allow passengers to enter the second story city hotel room. the 50 inches at icy wind and shotgun blast of black tail that it pummeled san francisco a winter the dreams of its citizens. they tossed in their beds. insight comestible homes, still with nightmares about what happened when the life-saving downpour ended. they were posed in front of their fires, listening to think cockiness equals a paraffin? they watched the clear glass of their lamp chimneys black and instead of being warned, they fear the worst. they dreaded the high winds off the bid of a drive the way to inflame the building in the deeper water wells, flame equipment to buy, at the readiness and cisco woodburn. for years earlier, pittsburgh had been a disastrous
he limped to the window, we think i'm still recovering from the illnesses from south america and kept from the minds and from serving stephenson. he saw the rain had momentarily stopped in the wind had faded away. the lobos a godsend. northeast of san francisco, forfeits of sacramento still lay underwater, permitting a steamer to shuttle up and down streets and allow passengers to enter the second story city hotel room. the 50 inches at icy wind and shotgun blast of black tail that it pummeled...
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unlike them, america did not belong on that list because of its achievements in the art. it belongs there because by remaining on whole loyal to the principles of firmed in the declaration of independence, it had developed into a country in which there was more liberty and more prosperity, more widely shared than in any other nation in the history of the world. if chambers had lived here he would probably have been shocked by that statement. he most certainly did not partake of the anti-americanism of the left, but there was also a bitter critique of america on the right in which he most certainly did partake. his critique goes all the way back to the earliest days of there public, and it focuses on what has been mentioned several times already, the alleged materialism of american life, the punitive crassness of this culture and it's supposedly philistines indifference or hostility to things of the spirit, all of which were seen to flow from but even togo called the exclusively commercial have a that he claimed were bred in the american bowl. this is pretty much how whita
unlike them, america did not belong on that list because of its achievements in the art. it belongs there because by remaining on whole loyal to the principles of firmed in the declaration of independence, it had developed into a country in which there was more liberty and more prosperity, more widely shared than in any other nation in the history of the world. if chambers had lived here he would probably have been shocked by that statement. he most certainly did not partake of the...
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jude's helps saves kids with brain tumors and sickle cell all across america and no family pays a jews for anything. > > these kids are getting strong.> > and now at hsn.com or at a to st. jude to your purchase to date. y. [commercial] [commercial] pfft [reading] >>host: of a football fan shop where we have a wonderful treks up our sleeve, this is the body below and what you have got is this great full-size body polo and this is great for sleeping i use a body blow every night we have covered it with your favorite team at graphic great care but then there is a great extra feature which and watch what happens. not only can fold up but it even does have the closures on this so you can lock it in place. you could open it to have two people share at inhabit to have for yourself, this is a great gift idea and a wonderful way to add your collection today is an hsn exclusive and this is a very quick presentation we will show you the teams that are here but we do have everygle team still available and if you have been struggling to find something for your team, this is a great choice for you t
jude's helps saves kids with brain tumors and sickle cell all across america and no family pays a jews for anything. > > these kids are getting strong.> > and now at hsn.com or at a to st. jude to your purchase to date. y. [commercial] [commercial] pfft [reading] >>host: of a football fan shop where we have a wonderful treks up our sleeve, this is the body below and what you have got is this great full-size body polo and this is great for sleeping i use a body blow every night...
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we published this basically to present americans with our idea for america, which is the same america, just better. now, once elected, we'll tackle the big issues in the country. for example, sex education in schools will require to acknowledge there's such a thing as sex. [laughter] absz nans sex scandals play themselves out in movies. to america's waistline, we require fast food mascots be tied to the product they sell. we are excited to unvail the influence that will be big with the kids. regarding traditional marriage. one gay couple should be allowed to marry for each straight couple that gets divorced. congratulations, las vegas, you're about to be the gayest city in america. to bring transparency back to the political process, like drugs and cigarettes, each new piece of legislation must clearly state possible side effects and must be titled to reflect its actual contents, thus, the patriot act is named, fuck you, thomas jefferson. [laughter] this enlightens the elitists and how to hate people who are better than you, and the metric season, exactly ten times more awesome than i
we published this basically to present americans with our idea for america, which is the same america, just better. now, once elected, we'll tackle the big issues in the country. for example, sex education in schools will require to acknowledge there's such a thing as sex. [laughter] absz nans sex scandals play themselves out in movies. to america's waistline, we require fast food mascots be tied to the product they sell. we are excited to unvail the influence that will be big with the kids....
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. >> next on booktv, greg lukianoff argues that america's university and college campuses stifle free speech and discourage students from holding unpopular views. the author contends this environment has increased the country's political and decreased this course. it's about 45 minutes. [applause] thanks so much for having me. i was at that first conference and we had randy barnett speaking over there and was exciting to be here for the inauguration from the organization. i'm going to start on a little bit of a personal note. i'm having a big month and i want to let you know since some of your friends of mine and some of you will be. i just got married on the 12th. [applause] i have a book come out on tuesday called campus censorship and the end of the american debate and i am leaving right after this for my 20 it high school reunion took about how free speech is curtailed on the modern american campus and how i believe it harms us all whether we are on campus or not. why did i write this? i wrote "unlearning liberty" because i went to stanford specifically to study the first amendmen
. >> next on booktv, greg lukianoff argues that america's university and college campuses stifle free speech and discourage students from holding unpopular views. the author contends this environment has increased the country's political and decreased this course. it's about 45 minutes. [applause] thanks so much for having me. i was at that first conference and we had randy barnett speaking over there and was exciting to be here for the inauguration from the organization. i'm going to...
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america blossoms again. why in the world are we going backwards? biscuits to simply not understood and that is free markets are not inherently unstable. every major economic crisis has massive government errors, the free enterprise gets the blame. going back to the depression when we destroy the terrorist instead of the world in a downward spiral. britain and elsewhere put a massive tax increase, deep in depression. so when the current crisis, we started to print too many dollars for central banks of the same thing. you get the housing bubble. that could not have happened. at the federal reserve hadn't printed the money. the evil bankers get the blame. that's why when you get a crisis like this, government grows because it says we're here to help you. we have to step in and increased power. they also use the compassion card. this is to help children. you are against children? you don't like education? so you go on the moral defensive. so it's not enough to say free markets work. if people feel free markets are somehow a moral, that is sort of a sem
america blossoms again. why in the world are we going backwards? biscuits to simply not understood and that is free markets are not inherently unstable. every major economic crisis has massive government errors, the free enterprise gets the blame. going back to the depression when we destroy the terrorist instead of the world in a downward spiral. britain and elsewhere put a massive tax increase, deep in depression. so when the current crisis, we started to print too many dollars for central...
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or maybe you'd rather think of something from the america of that area roughly, maybe a little bit earlier, the great depression, to get an image in your mind of the great depression. if you're having trouble, think of it tired him a worried looking at another stare off into the distance with a ragamuffin child leaning on each shoulder. can you find that famous iconic image in your mind? that image by dorothea lange called migrant mother that has come to symbolize the great depression. the images you've conjured up in your mind have been black and white. very, very likely. so i'd like you to do the same exercise but think of japanese imprisonments. think of the imprisonment of japanese americans during the war. so what are you picturing? does it look like this? a bunch of young, japanese-american grossing promoters dancing? this is a photograph taken by a government photographer at the granada relocation center, also known as the macho in 1943. so if this is that which you had in mind, what's different about it? well, it's a photo of young american citizen to being a celebrating the spirit
or maybe you'd rather think of something from the america of that area roughly, maybe a little bit earlier, the great depression, to get an image in your mind of the great depression. if you're having trouble, think of it tired him a worried looking at another stare off into the distance with a ragamuffin child leaning on each shoulder. can you find that famous iconic image in your mind? that image by dorothea lange called migrant mother that has come to symbolize the great depression. the...
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what i called last america's sweetheart. america's number one selling 7 in. tablet computer because make no bones about it while this is fun, fast, easy,to 30 times faster.--browses parental controls. nd it islowest price in hsn history. that lowest price on a tablet computer for the rest of the year. 3 day, a time,a night, if you had your heart set a tablet tonneau is the night to call. you see that liquor? even my producer said we broke the clicker last night.--tonight is the night to call. fliclicker at 3:00 p.m. they have secured enough quantities to get through primetime. this is an abbreviated look. basically a 15 minutes presentation. preview to our last show at 9:00 p.m.. whatever it takes make your way to the telephones free shipping.less than $40 gets it home. you get everything you want from your simply to impress yes you can do photo editing, movies, multi media, entertainment. we include the usb connector to charge it through your computer. then we have the stylus and headset so you get everything. are the cases sold out? we deal? i love these is
what i called last america's sweetheart. america's number one selling 7 in. tablet computer because make no bones about it while this is fun, fast, easy,to 30 times faster.--browses parental controls. nd it islowest price in hsn history. that lowest price on a tablet computer for the rest of the year. 3 day, a time,a night, if you had your heart set a tablet tonneau is the night to call. you see that liquor? even my producer said we broke the clicker last night.--tonight is the night to call....
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america wanted its own silk industry. skinner would say nobody comes over with and ambition not to wear the silk dress. everybody wanted so. he came to the country with knowledge and was a pioneer in the industry. established its. a founding member of the american soccer association and he took that one in this bill into opportunity after opportunity. to the point* he had his own and silk mill. it was a prosperous an entire village stage village groups around it called skinnerville. the poor kid from east london literally put his name on the map. to write the book i had to recreate skinnerville because it disappeared after the flood. here is a map of skinnerville from 1873. i need to go back. i dunno how to do that. how do you do that? a lot of research, archives research, archives, eddied, probate documents, of vital statistics, a tax records records, census, i should own stock with ancestry.com i spend so much money on the web site. i put together with this committee consisted of. , the children did they have? to lift?
america wanted its own silk industry. skinner would say nobody comes over with and ambition not to wear the silk dress. everybody wanted so. he came to the country with knowledge and was a pioneer in the industry. established its. a founding member of the american soccer association and he took that one in this bill into opportunity after opportunity. to the point* he had his own and silk mill. it was a prosperous an entire village stage village groups around it called skinnerville. the poor...
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in a sense america is being brought in brooklyn. as the first time their is a real american fighting. and it was extraordinary. and 240 soldiers you have in the book dine. they tell the story of a mass grave. i just found out. i almost wanted to cry. >> i didn't. >> it was a part of -- it was a footnote. one of the most dramatic moments i think of the war it's so -- it so -- what to me is really sad. a really dramatic moment. basically i'm not a military strategist among but the way you sign up, americans build a lot of embattlements waiting for the british to come up the east river. they come around from behind and that night and cut the month. the americans all run back down to the side of brooklyn second save face and evacuate. as they go this maryland regiment, the guys from pennsylvania were great shots apparently. so this regimen says you guys go ahead. we will stay here in this what which is now the goddess canal famed for -- not famed for the great giant oysters that it was once famed for, but fanned for bodies and poaching
in a sense america is being brought in brooklyn. as the first time their is a real american fighting. and it was extraordinary. and 240 soldiers you have in the book dine. they tell the story of a mass grave. i just found out. i almost wanted to cry. >> i didn't. >> it was a part of -- it was a footnote. one of the most dramatic moments i think of the war it's so -- it so -- what to me is really sad. a really dramatic moment. basically i'm not a military strategist among but the way...
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slavery was legal in all of the british colonies and all of north america at the end of the 18th century, and gradually, northern states and northeast and mid an lat tick states began to abolish slavely, but i learned it was a gradual process. it took a long time. what we discoveredded there were laves in new jersey in 1860, and most of the states that abolished slavery between 1780 and 1804, the period we customarily looked at, had to do it again later in the 19th century because there's so much ambiguity as to what the road to slavery to frame -- freedom was. thinking about that, i tried to then step back and say, well, if that's the case, what's it mean for us to understand the courses of the emancipation in the united states, and the notion of sectionalism between freedom and slavery that organizes our understanding of american political history so i end up arguing in one of the essays of the book that slavery is national, that slaves -- communities of run away slaves should be understood as what we call maroons, fugitive slave communities, and that the links between people of africa
slavery was legal in all of the british colonies and all of north america at the end of the 18th century, and gradually, northern states and northeast and mid an lat tick states began to abolish slavely, but i learned it was a gradual process. it took a long time. what we discoveredded there were laves in new jersey in 1860, and most of the states that abolished slavery between 1780 and 1804, the period we customarily looked at, had to do it again later in the 19th century because there's so...
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for moms and dads of america, this is 20 times more durable than plastic. my nephew hunter, his toys are made of plastic this is 20 times more durable.lighter, faster, unlimited storage, faster web because it is 20 times more durable than plastic. free shipping. aiting for? really?gary mentioned it, that 60 days money back guarantee. of new shoppers tonight. if you are a new i want to welcome you to hsn. you have found a place to be. this is the best place to do your holiday shopping. because no store in america will let you get the kindle-fire home for $40. gary he said if i did not like itd put the return label and put it back in the box and send it back. that is what you could do. try it play with it download texting, facebookver your heart desires. for goodness' sake, do not let somebody else get your can pole. kindle.this is the final presentation. you have to make your way to the phones. if you are not calling you will knock it. one other thing, --if you are not calling you will not get it. lowest price tablet for the rest of the year. is a brand name
for moms and dads of america, this is 20 times more durable than plastic. my nephew hunter, his toys are made of plastic this is 20 times more durable.lighter, faster, unlimited storage, faster web because it is 20 times more durable than plastic. free shipping. aiting for? really?gary mentioned it, that 60 days money back guarantee. of new shoppers tonight. if you are a new i want to welcome you to hsn. you have found a place to be. this is the best place to do your holiday shopping. because...
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reid, author of the healing of america, right this. in the american political debate everybody can -- the notion of rationing health care. beatrix hoffman's meticulous history shows that rationing by income, age, employment, etc. has been and remains a central element of america's medical system. demonstrates that various attempts at reform over the decades have kept the rationing mechanism firmly in place. i wonder, do you think she will talk about death panel too? i don't know. the author of the political life of medicare rights this -- excuse me. my allergies are showing up. beatrice huffman skillfully chronicles america's struggle to make health care a right from the depression's through obamacare. her beautifully written account explores the pervasive rationing of medical care and insurance in our staggeringly unequal health system. healthcare for some is the compelling reminder of how far we have come but also how far we still have to go. the reviews keep this tone throughout, beautifully written, insightfully described, throwing
reid, author of the healing of america, right this. in the american political debate everybody can -- the notion of rationing health care. beatrix hoffman's meticulous history shows that rationing by income, age, employment, etc. has been and remains a central element of america's medical system. demonstrates that various attempts at reform over the decades have kept the rationing mechanism firmly in place. i wonder, do you think she will talk about death panel too? i don't know. the author of...
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hitler's u-boats in the war before, as he said it, america -- the sea would become america's cage, cutting off all commerce between the united states, england and europe. and so the president ordered them built in 1940, but the navy, um, decided that that was probably not a good idea. so they convinced the president that the scarce resources that were available at that time would be better spent on destroyers. and i think that if you look at the historical record, you'll see that that probably was a mistake. the destroyer escort is sort of a novel type of vessel. it's smaller than a destroyer, um, around 300 feet. and it had a shorter turning radius so that it could, it could essentially turn on a dime compared to a destroyer. so what they did is they escorted the convoys across the atlantic, and the convoys consisted of troop ships and supply ships for the war effort. but if they, if they made contact with a u-boat, they could break off, and then they could pursue that u-boat. when you look at the record, though, i mean, 70 u-boats, they probably were, without question, the most successfu
hitler's u-boats in the war before, as he said it, america -- the sea would become america's cage, cutting off all commerce between the united states, england and europe. and so the president ordered them built in 1940, but the navy, um, decided that that was probably not a good idea. so they convinced the president that the scarce resources that were available at that time would be better spent on destroyers. and i think that if you look at the historical record, you'll see that that probably...
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how ultimately her coming across from mexico into america, that sort of spawned this fantastic first generation american story. >> mr. martinez, you were raised in brownsville, texas, right on the border, what was it like during your childhood? >> back then i experienced it as being racially polarized, in a more economic sort of striation, and was very agriculturally based. my parents ran a trucking business that sort of -- basically farm laborers, so kind of a conflicted experience because we would go to school and pretend like we were wealthier than we were, and entirely different, the people who we really are or were, and then we would go home and it was a completely untraditional lifestyle as farm laborers, my brother and myself. my sisters had a different experience. ultimately that was what we knew and what we understood about our environment. >> within the family, what were some of the dynamics? >> my father was latin -- mexico-american. my mother was european-american so that kind of created a very tense -- sort of other complicated household, and they had a lot of children r
how ultimately her coming across from mexico into america, that sort of spawned this fantastic first generation american story. >> mr. martinez, you were raised in brownsville, texas, right on the border, what was it like during your childhood? >> back then i experienced it as being racially polarized, in a more economic sort of striation, and was very agriculturally based. my parents ran a trucking business that sort of -- basically farm laborers, so kind of a conflicted experience...
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in the fall of 2008 in the midst of an act of collective subtlety in which the wall street dragged america and the world economy under their funeral pyre i realize sullivan had nothing kidding at all and instead of writing prophecy and disguised wisdom as whimsy and failed to include surefire ways not to get rich majoring -- or becoming a professional mandolin player, two of the most obvious ways of all if not becoming rich. first, believing anything that anybody at anytime says on wall street. and second, from my perspective most important come, investing as i did your entire life savings in a 401(k) run by aol-time warner. now as well as a contributing editor to the boat and the father of the lot of books he is co-author along with his long-suffering wife suzanne of two incredibly talented children, louise and extraordinary singer and musician who i hope will make it here this evening and sam, who is currently attending yale which bob tells me is a four year institution in either hartford or new haven. let me begin our discussion by pointing out the fitting miss of discussing my american
in the fall of 2008 in the midst of an act of collective subtlety in which the wall street dragged america and the world economy under their funeral pyre i realize sullivan had nothing kidding at all and instead of writing prophecy and disguised wisdom as whimsy and failed to include surefire ways not to get rich majoring -- or becoming a professional mandolin player, two of the most obvious ways of all if not becoming rich. first, believing anything that anybody at anytime says on wall street....
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so he began making promises that america, that emancipation was really just around the corner. he was imminent. we
so he began making promises that america, that emancipation was really just around the corner. he was imminent. we
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city left turn or to permit him to america , and his economics became more popular never as popular as milton friedman, but certainly a heroic figure in my book. one of his students -- close associates won the nobel prize in economics in 1974. so he is an important character in my book. >> what does that mean? >> well, the austrian school is one of two major free-market schools of economics. the other school is the chicago school the milton friedman and george stevens developed in the 60's. and this is a more hard core school that advocates the gold standard. very suspicious of intervention, the central banks, particularly the austrian business cycle is really important because they basically say the manipulation of interest rates by the federal reserve can only have disastrous effects. a boom bust cycle that is unsustainable or a boom that is unsustainable. so it did not surprise austrian economists that the real-estate boom could not last and have the macroeconomics facts. it. >> paul sleazy. >> i have of a big chapter on marks. a new dark age. the kind of know my views. each chapter
city left turn or to permit him to america , and his economics became more popular never as popular as milton friedman, but certainly a heroic figure in my book. one of his students -- close associates won the nobel prize in economics in 1974. so he is an important character in my book. >> what does that mean? >> well, the austrian school is one of two major free-market schools of economics. the other school is the chicago school the milton friedman and george stevens developed in...
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it looks really great in some parts of america and really terrible in other parts and we have a long way to go. the second thing "the end of men" does not is delusional. i live in washington d.c. so i know the places where women do not have power and where the problems are in terms of child care and what happens to women at the top which i address in a chapter called the talk. but i write a lot about how this has been going on for 40 years. we haven't turned the world upside down. parts of america look like they're upside-down when you look at relationships but we are long way getting there and i am -- you can see the election as a current example is something profound happened in the last election not just because obama won but the way he won. he won in a way which really changed our ideas about who is the minority and to is the victim which is something you write about a lot. this idea that women put him in power. we had this -- the largest number of female senators we have ever had in history. we had new hampshire the most politically obsessed state in the entire country run by at
it looks really great in some parts of america and really terrible in other parts and we have a long way to go. the second thing "the end of men" does not is delusional. i live in washington d.c. so i know the places where women do not have power and where the problems are in terms of child care and what happens to women at the top which i address in a chapter called the talk. but i write a lot about how this has been going on for 40 years. we haven't turned the world upside down....
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a secret memo to the business leaders of america. you're getting taken to the cleaners by the consumer movement, by the environmental movement, the labor movement. you have to get into washington and get in the game. ever since then, we have had a policy tilt since the late 1970's. for a policy tilt that has built the middle-class and as don uphill. it's both political and economic. not just a bunch of guys sitting around and around saying let's screwed a middle-class. it happened historically, but if we don't understand how wind why we're not going to get to a good fix of our situation right now. >> what is one example of how the middle class in your view has gotten hurt. >> take the retirement program. came in in place of lifetime pensions, shifted hundreds of billions of dollars from the accounting of corporations on to the shoulders of the middle-class. take the housing crisis. $6 trillion of accumulated wealth and the mortgages in the equity in american homes was moved during the housing boom, not the bust, the boom. 6 trillion
a secret memo to the business leaders of america. you're getting taken to the cleaners by the consumer movement, by the environmental movement, the labor movement. you have to get into washington and get in the game. ever since then, we have had a policy tilt since the late 1970's. for a policy tilt that has built the middle-class and as don uphill. it's both political and economic. not just a bunch of guys sitting around and around saying let's screwed a middle-class. it happened historically,...
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europeans feel that america -- george soros said to me the great thing about being a rich guy in america versus europe is in america if you're rich, people look up to you, and you're not necessarily. what is interesting is similar tensions are evident in europe, two and similar reactions. we've all been following france and attacks at the top living to 70% in the reaction of it to belgium. not for tax purposes, except kind of for tax purposes. in switzerland interestingly, there is a huge kind of national revolt against the superrich should all pay a high-tech suit either. very similar tensions, but there's a more extreme dynamic in the united states. >> which u.s. government policies in your view of that and perpetuate the transfer of wealth between the middle class in the top 1%? and could you rank importance, including for example -- >> would probably take all night. >> i suppose it would, but please address and include the tax equity, inequities, especially between earned income and capital gains. the federal reserves policy of low interest rates and the emphasis on spending rather t
europeans feel that america -- george soros said to me the great thing about being a rich guy in america versus europe is in america if you're rich, people look up to you, and you're not necessarily. what is interesting is similar tensions are evident in europe, two and similar reactions. we've all been following france and attacks at the top living to 70% in the reaction of it to belgium. not for tax purposes, except kind of for tax purposes. in switzerland interestingly, there is a huge kind...
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limped to the window wheezing, still recovering from the illnesses he'd contracted outbound from south america and which kept him from the mines and from serving his friend, stevenson. pulling aside the muslim curtain, he saw the wind had stopped. the lull was a godsend. northeast of san francisco four-fifths of sacramento still lay underwater permitting a steamer to shuttle up and down its streets and allow passengers to enter their second-story city hotel room by window. the 50 inches of icy wind and shotgun blasts of black hail that had soaked and pummeled san francisco all winter had not dispelled the fitful dreams of it citizens. its citizens. they tossed in their beds inside combustible homes, heads filled with nightmares of what would happen when the lifesaving downpour halted. they reposed in front of their fires listening to the faint quacking of seagulls and snakelike hiss of pair fin. instead of being warmed, they feared the worst. they dreaded the high winds off the bay that would drive the wood to inflammability. and with neither water wells, nor flame-fighting equipment, nor the
limped to the window wheezing, still recovering from the illnesses he'd contracted outbound from south america and which kept him from the mines and from serving his friend, stevenson. pulling aside the muslim curtain, he saw the wind had stopped. the lull was a godsend. northeast of san francisco four-fifths of sacramento still lay underwater permitting a steamer to shuttle up and down its streets and allow passengers to enter their second-story city hotel room by window. the 50 inches of icy...
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what america was going to be. they had one man, august belmont, who was very good. but junius morgan staked the future on his son and on america. he was very, very supervisory and censorious and critical of his son, and determined that his son was going to be sort of an upright man with a solid-gold reputation. and pierpont was not--he was not following in the paternal footsteps early on. he was much more likely to take risks, to speculate. junius wouldn't hear of that, and was furious whenever pierpont took a speculative flyer. at one point, pierpont bought five shares of stock in something called the pacific mail and steam ship company and junius hit the roof about, 'how could you be so reckless and crazy?' and pierpont ignored him and kept the stock for a little while and then sold it at a loss. but if he'd held it for 10 more years, he would have done just fine. c-span: by the way, where are you from originally? >> guest: california. c-span: where? >> guest: los angeles. c-span: how long did you live there? >>
what america was going to be. they had one man, august belmont, who was very good. but junius morgan staked the future on his son and on america. he was very, very supervisory and censorious and critical of his son, and determined that his son was going to be sort of an upright man with a solid-gold reputation. and pierpont was not--he was not following in the paternal footsteps early on. he was much more likely to take risks, to speculate. junius wouldn't hear of that, and was furious whenever...
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the quality is the finest in town when i talk about the americas and being honest life for all of the nation to see. >>guest: five super bowls here for dallas cowboys and the quarterback was trite ameroy. tony roma's, one of those guys that is like jekyll and hyde and is up and down throughout the season and hasn't been able to get them over the top of the mountain so they need another patch. >>host: the stay and talk about the cowboys one of the most popular tea's across the entire but we still have your sizing the cowboys available. we are getting close to end of the season so there's a more merchandise coming in soap final quantities are or to go and you will bornholm al comfortable and durable jacket. the stackable make a great christmas gift for someone who is a fan of the cowboys and you will get something that they do not have. i wanted to feel the jersey knit sauce sleeve on the defender slave and by the way throughout the next two hours if you have any questions at all you can go to our live and download the applicatio we will be able to answer any question you have because w
the quality is the finest in town when i talk about the americas and being honest life for all of the nation to see. >>guest: five super bowls here for dallas cowboys and the quarterback was trite ameroy. tony roma's, one of those guys that is like jekyll and hyde and is up and down throughout the season and hasn't been able to get them over the top of the mountain so they need another patch. >>host: the stay and talk about the cowboys one of the most popular tea's across the entire...
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there are many families in america who are experiencing that same thing or who are unaware of their family tree and what that has hidden inside of it. i found the following passage insightful and -- which is also great prose and by wanted to read it. she never discussed who he was or what happened between them. whether she was a victim of his brutality or a mistress, he treated affectionately, war whether she was loved in return. she went her way and he went his. and just like that, their families split down the middle. children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, some black, some white and some in between scattered across the country as decades past, separated by the color line and a family's fierce determination to step beyond its painful truths in slavery. obviously your research surprise and probably stunned both sides of the family. tell us about at and how michele obama's family and the white side of the family reacted to the news. >> the first lady has long suspected she had white ancestors in her family tree, like many african-americans do. but she had no idea who they were or
there are many families in america who are experiencing that same thing or who are unaware of their family tree and what that has hidden inside of it. i found the following passage insightful and -- which is also great prose and by wanted to read it. she never discussed who he was or what happened between them. whether she was a victim of his brutality or a mistress, he treated affectionately, war whether she was loved in return. she went her way and he went his. and just like that, their...